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When will someone prosecute them? ======================== Never. We are a banana republic, no conencted cronies are prosecuted in a banana republic.— August 14, 2011 10:13 p.m.
Bar Closes Shames Investigation
I have to laugh at this discussion, because it is the same one we used to have on the legal blogs, and it is amazing how the opinions vary so much. I always compare the JD to the MD, once you get the MD you are a doctor of medicine, even if you dig ditches for Caltrans. Same with a JD, once you earn that JD you are a lawyer, even if you dig ditches for Caltrans. You may not be a PRACTICING doctor or lawyer, but you have earned the MD/JD designation.— August 14, 2011 10:09 p.m.
Bar Closes Shames Investigation
Once you graduate LS you are a lawyer. Even if you are disbarred 3 days later. Once a lawyer always a lawyer.— August 13, 2011 9:47 p.m.
Bar Closes Shames Investigation
Shames calls himself an attorney <he is one>, and in seeking intervenor fees from the commission<as an attorney???>, lists himself as an attorney<he is one and can list himself as one>, and often uses Esq.<Esq. is NOT limtied to lawyers, but as an attorney he can use Esq.>, a designation of a lawyer in the U.S., after his name. No story here Don, he has done nothing wrong-except over compensate himself, as well as that clown from the city clowncil.— August 13, 2011 4:09 p.m.
Fed Comes to Market's Rescue
country (and most of the industrialized world) for several years, Obama could win if the Republicans nominate a damned fool. And that looks likely. ============ Oh how I agree!!! Just like CA's gov race, two pathetic choices. Romney cannot beat Obama, and he is the leader! I saw him gettign heckled yesterday at the Iowa pow wow, and he said that "coororations are people too". I swear, what an idiotic comment to make. Statements like thay will kill whatever one in a million shot he had. One of the biggest reasons we are now a banana republic is because corporations are treated with "personhood" though a freak accident in SCOTUS court reporting. No corporation hsould be viewed as a person, ever, IMO. Google the case, Santa Clara County v (one of the railroads, forgot which one), an 1886 case, and put in personhood-read it, good stuff.— August 13, 2011 11:09 a.m.
Fed Comes to Market's Rescue
Obama's first, and only, priority should have been the economy. Period. ================== The economy should have been the #1, TOP priority, but not the only priority. He should have made a list of goals, with economy at the top of the list, with others below, and worked them in a systematic order. This quanatative easing has been a complete and total failure and it has really hurt the nation, I hope it is over. If they do a QEIII that will be the straw that breaks Obama's back.— August 13, 2011 11:04 a.m.
Clarke Claims CIA Cover-Up of San Diego 9/11 Plotters
. http://www.truth-out.org/former-counterterrorism-… .— August 13, 2011 8:49 a.m.
Fed Comes to Market's Rescue
The economy is cyclical and it could tunr no matter what Obama does and no matter what Repubs do to torpedo him. I don't think that will happen, not enought time left. One thing is for sure-I am not happy with Obama and I voted for him, doubt I will twice. The Independants-like me- WILL be the ones who decide the election— August 12, 2011 7:50 p.m.
Fed Comes to Market's Rescue
Don't blame Obama for poor driving, the steering wheel has fallen off. ================ That excuse was good for the first couple of laps (years) but now Obama has had a pit stop and a fresh set of tires and a fresh start, and HE is now the driver. And he better start driving the economy and not healthcare-which IMO is going to the SCOTUS and there is no doubt it will be going go down at the SCOTUS with the current justices (who do not like him after he reamed them in public at the last SOTU address) and all of his hard work on it -a very noble cause IMO- will have all been for nothing. A colossal waste of time and energy.— August 12, 2011 7:47 p.m.
Joy Ride
They were sleazy but the real culprit in this story is your real estate agent who didn't get a deposit and a signed offer to buy. ================ If it was not in writing there was no offer and there was no contract. All sales of real property must be ***written***, oral contracts are not allowed in the sale of real property in this state. You always demand a deposit that goes "hard" as soon as contingencies have been met. In this case the contingencies should have been approval of the short sale by the bank-assuming the buyers were already pre-qualifed for the loan. If you have a deposit that went hard after the sale was approved, you could have kept it, and anything less than $5K is not enough of a deposit by a seriosu buyer. When I sold commercioal real estate I always wanted a $25K deposit from buyers-that seperated the buyers from the pretenders. As a 20 year licensed RE broker I think your agent and broker should have explained this to you very clearly-if they didn't, and you're not the RE expert here, then you need to sit down and have a very serious talk with them about what went wrong here, they could be liable for damages if you were to file a lawsuit against them.— August 12, 2011 7:40 p.m.